Enough Reality TV

[Lord DragonsWing]

Okay, sorry to rant here, but I just saw the commercial on Bravo about Bobby Brown's new reality TV show coming to our channels.
As he says, see what it's really like to be Bobby Brown. Does this mean he's going to be tooting coke on television?
What is happening to TV? Everything is turning into reality television. There is no writing or talent shown. Watch Britney tell her secrets, watch people eat worms for a million bucks or even better, go to a deserted island and survive while voting against those who help you out.
I sure hope this is just a phase TV is going through. Yet I'm beginning to wonder since it's been going on sooooooooo long.
There must be alot of unemployed writers out there that are struggling since most networks are now sponsoring more and more reality tv.
Give me a good written drama or comedy anyday. I don't care to watch Bobby beat Whitney or to watch someone scale the empire state building because they have a fear of heights. I'll just boycott the reality shows. Anyone else feel the sameway?

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Okay, sorry to rant here, but I just saw the commercial on Bravo about Bobby Brown's new reality TV show coming to our channels.
As he says, see what it's really like to be Bobby Brown. Does this mean he's going to be tooting coke on television?
What is happening to TV? Everything is turning into reality television. There is no writing or talent shown. Watch Britney tell her secrets, watch people eat worms for a million bucks or even better, go to a deserted island and survive while voting against those who help you out.
I sure hope this is just a phase TV is going through. Yet I'm beginning to wonder since it's been going on sooooooooo long.
There must be alot of unemployed writers out there that are struggling since most networks are now sponsoring more and more reality tv.
Give me a good written drama or comedy anyday. I don't care to watch Bobby beat Whitney or to watch someone scale the empire state building because they have a fear of heights. I'll just boycott the reality shows. Anyone else feel the sameway?

I went a step further and decided to boycott TV alltogher, oh, about ten years ago.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

I went a step further and decided to boycott TV alltogher, oh, about ten years ago.

I watch History and Food and that's about it. Alton Brown rocks.

My kids watch Disney and VH-1 and a bunch of reality shows and I just can't be in the same room with it. Just can't stand it.

 

[rgraham666]

I went a step further and decided to boycott TV alltogher, oh, about ten years ago.

I did the same after Babylon 5 went off the air.

You have to remember, television networks are businesses and businesses need to make money.

'Reality' TV is very cheap to make and they can charge the same for commercials. As a result the profits to be made are enormous.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

I'm totally guilty of watching reality tv, I'm not even gonna pretend I'm above it. When I can't write or I'm too lazy to write, I sometimes watch the trainwreck that is so-called reality tv. When I happened to flip by "Britney and Kevin: Chaotic", I could almost feel my IQ dropping.

Britney: I love you baby, but I'm just soooo scared.

Kevin: I'm scared too, baby.

Britney:You just think love is gonna last forever and sometimes it don't, it's so scary.

somebody, please kill me!!!

You bet there are writers and actors out of work. I think it was the big networks' way of saying "fuck you" when the writers were going to strike and their evil plan worked all too well.

I swear to god, I'm not going to watch a Bobby Brown based reality show.
er, well, probably I won't

 

[Typo Fu Master]

I'm in total agreement. Reality TV sucks. It's part of the reason I watch maybe 2 hours of TV a month. I get my fill of reality just by waking up and living it.

 

[elsol]

Sorry... I'm a reality TV watcher. Latin Reality Television...

Plotting!

What the fuck is plotting when a Latino loses their head... alliances... PASSHAH!

And oh.. yeah... ALL the women are HOT! HOT! HOT!

Sincerely,
ElSol

ps. The girlfriend thinks all the guys are SMOKING! SMOKING! SMOKING!

 

[SeaCat]

LOLOL

I gave up on Reality TV shows the first time I watched Survivor. My father and I had heard all of the hype leading up to the first showing of it and decided to watch it. After about half an hour of sitting there watching these idiots my father and I looked at each other and cracked up. That was it, we had enough. (The next day my father and I went for a little walk. We hiked the peaks of the presidentials in New Hampshire while living out of backpacks.)

Cat

 

[elsol]

LOLOL

I gave up on Reality TV shows the first time I watched Survivor. My father and I had heard all of the hype leading up to the first showing of it and decided to watch it. After about half an hour of sitting there watching these idiots my father and I looked at each other and cracked up. That was it, we had enough. (The next day my father and I went for a little walk. We hiked the peaks of the presidentials in New Hampshire while living out of backpacks.)

Cat

The first time I heard about Survivor... I thought it was like "We're going to dump you in the middle of nowhere and whoever lasts the longest wins!"

I was like "AWESOME!!!"

Needless to say I was disappointed.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[TxRad]

I went a step further and decided to boycott TV alltogher, oh, about ten years ago.

I'm with you. I own one TV and if there's not a Stock car race on, it's on the music channels.... I wonder why I have satailite... Oh yeah the grandkids.....

 

[Belegon]

I watch sports, History channel and food network...I absorb Cartoon Network thru my kids and admit to liking some of it. I will occassionally stop on "Queer Eye", "South Park" or "Dead-fucking-Wood"(did they really cuss that much?)